Comparison of glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates and glycopeptide resistance genes of human and animal origins

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2032-2037

  Descheemaeker, Patrick R M ^a,d   Chapelle, Sabine ^a   Devriese, Luc A ^b   Butaye, Patrick ^b   Vandamme, Peter ^c   Goossens, Herman ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BELGIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0032818534     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.8.2032     Document Type: Article

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